The ten thousand : a novel of ancient Greece by Michael Curtis Ford(
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2001
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2014
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794 WorldCat member
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In a spectacular Greek epic set in the spring of 400 B.C., ten thousand battered, starving Greek soldiers stagger out of the
frozen mountains of Armenia into a small Hellenic trading post on the eastern Black Sea. A first novel, an epic adventure
set in ancient Greece. After decades of war, mighty Athens has been ravaged, its navy destroyed, its city walls toppled, its
army disbanded. The fierce military state of Sparta has triumphed, but passions and hate linger on. Thousands of battle-hardened
veterans from both sides in the conflict remain scattered across the Greek islands, restless and dangerous, until the young
Persian prince Cyrus issues a call-to-arms from his base in Asia Minor. The rogue nobleman is raising an enormous mercenary
army to wrest control of all of Persia, the most powerful empire on earth, from his half-brother the king. The young philosopher-warrior
Xenophon, scion of a noble Athenian family and follower of Socrates, risks his father's wrath and embarks on the adventure
with high hopes for glory. Joining his cousin Proxenus, the war-maddened Spartan general Clearchus, and a huge body of Cyrus'
native troops, he and ten thousand Greek mercenaries depart on an astounding march of a thousand miles, across the searing
desert. Their near-deadly journey culminated in a massive, bloody battle at the very threshold of Babylon, a battle that proves
disastrous for them. Their leaders are betrayed and murdered, their supply lines cut, and their route home across the desert
blocked by the furious Persian king, bent on revenge. The Fates call on Xenophon to lead the devastated Greek soldiers in
their escape, though he has little experience in commanding men. As the army flees toward the snowy north, its situation appears
desperate. Months later, ten thousand battered, half-starved soldiers stagger out of the frozen mountains of Armenia into
a small Greek trading post on the Black Sea. Their true tale of survival, and of the heroic expedition Xenophon led through
the heart of an enemy empire, astonished the incredulous natives and has been the stuff of legend ever since. Michael Curtis
Ford combines his expertise on fifth-century B.C. Greek warfare with explosive page-turning action to give us an epic novel
of struggle and survival. Not since Steven Pressfield's Gates of Fire has any book so vividly captured the glory, beauty,
and savage bloodshed that was ancient Greece

Gods and legions : a novel of the Roman Empire by Michael Curtis Ford(
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)29
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2002
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2006
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4
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Presents a novel exploring the fascinating life and times of fourth-century Emperor Julian of the Western Empire

The last king : Rome's greatest enemy by Michael Curtis Ford(
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)5
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2004
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2005
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469 WorldCat member
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Black Sea RegionIsabella d'Este, daughter of the Duke of Ferrara, born into privilege and the political and artistic turbulence
of Renaissance Italy, is a stunning black-eyed blonde and a precocious lover and collector of art. Worldly and ambitious,
she has never envied her less attractive sister, the spirited but nai;ve Beatrice, until, by a quirk of fate, Beatrice is
betrothed to the future Duke of Milan. Although he is more than twice their age, openly lives with his mistress, and is reputedly
trying to eliminate the current duke by nefarious means, Ludovico Sforza is Isabella's match in intellect and passion for
all things of beauty. Only he would allow her to fulfill her destiny: to reign over one of the world's most powerful and enlightened
realms and be immortalized in oil by the genius Leonardo da Vinci. Though Isabella weds the Marquis of Mantua, a man she has
loved since childhood, Beatrice's fortunes rise effortlessly through her marriage to Ludovico. The two sisters compete for
supremacy in the illustrious courts of Europe, and Isabella vows that she will not rest until she wrestles back her true fate
and plays temptress to the sensuous Ludovico and muse to the great Leonardo. But when Ludovico's grand plan to control Europe
begins to crumble, immortality through art becomes a luxury, and the two sisters must choose between familial loyalty and
survival in the treacherous political climate

The sword of Attila : a novel of the last years of Rome by Michael Curtis Ford(
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)17
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2005
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2007
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438 WorldCat member
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A tale inspired by a key battle in the history of Europe pits the fiercely passionate Attila the Hun against Count Flavious
Aetius, the Roman Supreme General of the Armies of the Western Empire

The fall of Rome : a novel of a world lost by Michael Curtis Ford(
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)12
editions published
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2007
and
2010
in
English and Spanish
and held by
408 WorldCat member
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After Attila's untimely death, personal warfare between the sons of his officers threaten his plan to conquer Rome, in this
story inspired by true historical events

The last king by Michael Curtis Ford(
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)13
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2004
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2007
in
4
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68 WorldCat member
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A novel based on the exploits of Mithridates the Great of Pontus describes the Romans' numerous frustrated attempts to defeat
him, resulting in increasingly powerful retaliations

Ultimo Rey, El(
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)1
edition published
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2007
in
Spanish
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1 WorldCat member
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The sword of Attila : a novel of the last years of Rome by Michael Curtis Ford(
Recording
)1
edition published
in
2008
in
English
and held by
1 WorldCat member
library
worldwide
Rome in 400 A.D. is a jagged, sprawling realm of foreign fighters, unstable rulers, and battle lines stretched too far. General
Flavius Aetius is being forced into a battle he doesn't want but can't afford to lose, against the people he once lived with.
He faces a man who once saved his life, a man he fears, loves and admires, a man named Attila - the most dangerous enemy Rome
has ever known. Some descriptions of sex and explicit descriptions of violence. 2005